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Anyone know more about India's nuclear story? At one time they were focusing on thorium. I wonder what we could do to spur on a little more competition with C

by xrange 9y ago

Anyone know more about India's nuclear story? At one time they were focusing on thorium. I wonder what we could do to spur on a little more competition with China. http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and...

pkhagah 9y ago
India is still focusing on thorium. But slowly. Design for AHWR if recently finalized and site selection in progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_heavy-water_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_heavy-water_reactor
rtx 9y ago
Western NGOs don't like it.
- nradov 9y ago
  Which NGOs and what are they doing about it?
matt4077 9y ago
Nuclear power is dead. Stop beating it, it's not even a horse any more. Sure, it emits less radiation than coal, and the thorium/fast breeder/fusion/whatever revolution is just around the corner, and I also feel so manly and strong and competent arguing for it when everyone else has moved on ten years ago, and there's absolutely no risk if you do it right, unlike these Russians who were just too unorganised to follow procedures, oh, yeah, and those Japanese, who we always accused of being incompetent with technology. No, nuclear power is simply too expensive. In less than a decade, even wind and solar will be cheaper.
threeseed 9y ago
Nuclear power is such a mess though. There's the political logistics of getting the fuel, figuring out how and where to dispose of the fuel, the NIMBY problem with plant locations and the fact that in general its politically very unpopular.
- xrange 9y ago
  That sounds like it is true for western countries, but China has a lot of nuclear power coming online, and what are the attitudes in India?
  - likelynew 9y ago
    It's the same. While liberal class sees nuclear as future, no one wants a nuclear plant opened in their city. See: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10762102 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=... for an example

by xrange 9y ago

pkhagah 9y ago

India is still focusing on thorium. But slowly. Design for AHWR if recently finalized and site selection in progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_heavy-water_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_heavy-water_reactor

rtx 9y ago

Western NGOs don't like it.

nradov 9y ago
Which NGOs and what are they doing about it?

matt4077 9y ago

Nuclear power is dead. Stop beating it, it's not even a horse any more. Sure, it emits less radiation than coal, and the thorium/fast breeder/fusion/whatever revolution is just around the corner, and I also feel so manly and strong and competent arguing for it when everyone else has moved on ten years ago, and there's absolutely no risk if you do it right, unlike these Russians who were just too unorganised to follow procedures, oh, yeah, and those Japanese, who we always accused of being incompetent with technology. No, nuclear power is simply too expensive. In less than a decade, even wind and solar will be cheaper.

threeseed 9y ago

Nuclear power is such a mess though. There's the political logistics of getting the fuel, figuring out how and where to dispose of the fuel, the NIMBY problem with plant locations and the fact that in general its politically very unpopular.

xrange 9y ago
That sounds like it is true for western countries, but China has a lot of nuclear power coming online, and what are the attitudes in India?
- likelynew 9y ago
  It's the same. While liberal class sees nuclear as future, no one wants a nuclear plant opened in their city. See: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10762102 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=... for an example